Venture investors' thirst for AI isn’t close to quenched yet. That’s the takeaway from this week’s lineup of large U.S. funding rounds, which was mostly a mix of AI pure-plays and companies with a heavy focus on the technology.
Education tech
Funding to startups specifically focused on education technology remains at depressed levels relative to a few years ago. However, the tallies —...
There’s no degree requirement to be founder of a venture-backed startup. Nevertheless, our annual look at which U.S. colleges and universities...
Harvard ranks high in most metrics related to academic prestige and alumni success. So, it’s not surprising that the 389-year-old institution does...
While AI has a role to play in education, it is not the lifeline the American education system needs, argues Aron Solomon of Amplify. What does it...
Language learning apps aren’t made for kids, writes guest author Ivan Crewkov, who shares what led him and his team to develop Buddy.ai, an...
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It looks like SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 is coming back strong. In the last nearly two quarters, the fund has participated in 13 funding rounds — many...
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The Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative team analyzed 2,791 founders behind 1,110 U.S.-based VC-backed unicorns to understand their professional...
Legal tech has the power to transform the profession, but it must be implemented thoughtfully, with rigorous checks and safeguards in place, writes...
Stanford Venture Capital Initiative's team researched the educational backgrounds of founders from more than 1,000 U.S. venture-backed companies that...
How long does it take to build a unicorn? Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Ilya Strebulaev and his Venture Capital Initiative team...
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